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RJM Re: your problem with 'preview'. I have reproduced this problem when I have selected 'use internal player' in 'Project Options' 'Music', and then 'Preview' from a mid point slide, in either slide list or timeline wimdow. No problems if internal player is not selected. Would somebody else confirm if this is a 'bug' or just a problem for some.

Ron If one has to clear the playlist to run without music, why do we need the check box??

Not sure if this is a new bug. Non-Synched show 'Project Options', 'Music', one file in playlist. If I uncheck box 'play background music' the music still plays on 'Preview'. On returning to 'Project Options' 'Music', the box is now checked?? Have never tried this with previous PTE versions so I don't know if this is a bug introduced in latest version.

marlun Why go to the trouble of using 'manual' settings to get the music to stop with the last slide, when as soon as you use your 'navigation bar' you no longer have this synchronicity. I make slideshows for schoolchildren. I produce two versions of each show, one synchronised to the music, a second one identical except for adding the navigation bar and adjusting time between slides to approximate the time given by the synched version. Terry

JRR I think the delay problem is caused by your enormous .wav file. Can you convert it to MP3? This has solved this problem for me in the past, it gives a much smaller file to load. Terry.

Rudi My understanding of the 'loading screen' message is that it is only triggered by the loading time of the music file. What is the size of your music file and how big are your picture files? Is your show 'synchronized to the music'? Terry